Note 4/11/2009: The original cache location was damaged so we
found another place to hide it about 20 feet from the original
lair. The coordinates have been updated.
This cache is located in Robinson’s Woods, owned by the Cape
Elizabeth Land Trust. Evidently, the land was considered too rocky
for farming, and so was never developed. Consequently, the land is
home to old growth forest, holding trees estimated at 300 years
old. Wildlife is abundant. The woods are home to porcupines,
raccoons, skunks, possums, red fox, coyotes, red and grey squirrels
and many birds, including owls. There are many vernal pools, which
provide breeding habitat for yellow-spotted salamanders. Please
keep your dogs out of the pools, as they could disturb developing
eggs with one bounce. This a dog friendly area, even though it is
also a preserve… a rare combo, so please keep dogs on leash.
This area has well developed trails. This cache is on the Outer
Loop trail (marked with white blazes). The distance to this cache
from the parking area is about 4/10’s of a mile from the trail
head, about a 17 minute walk. The cache is winter friendly and
should be able to be found even with snow on the ground you may
want to use snowshoes with deep snow. The Outer Loop trail is about
2.4 miles in circumference. You don’t need to walk the entire trail
to do this cache, but it is a nice hike if you do! You may want to
do our other cache,
“Salamander” GCX8B8, while doing this one. It is also on the
Outer Loop trail, and is about a 7 minute walk from the trail head,
in the opposite direction. You may reach both caches by either
following the Outer Loop trail, or you can take the Wildflower
trail shortcut between them.
Be sure to check out the kiosk at the trailhead for more
information about this great area!
Please rehide the cache well.
First to find - TeamHorwich